Richard Lewis (He/Him) Email & Phone Number

Richard Brooks Lewis is a technology entrepreneur - a full-stack developer - engaged in consulting in software engineering across a broad spectrum of industries. Mr. Lewis is an artisan of software development, a perfectionist who has truly mastered his instrument. His passion is for blank-slate projects that require his detailed system-wide knowledge of both hardware and software and his high-definition debug skills.Mr. Lewis, and his company, ASTL, function as a sort of "A Team" for emergent technology projects. Core competence in this arena allows Lewis to thoroughly absorb the project specs, rapidly innovate a working design, and fastidiously complete the development cycle. During the process, he wholly integrates the client team in each step without becoming dependent on them.Mr. Lewis is a businessman who intimately understands bottom line pressure and has successfully run his own consultancy for 40 years. During that time, he has worked successfully with every major technology vendor in the U.S. and has the glowing endorsements and references to prove it.Rick is the rare synthesis of decisive business leadership blended with elegant software engineering and fluid communications intelligence.

Listed skills include Software Development, Embedded Systems, Perl, Debugging, and 18 others.

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  Principal Software Engineer

  Astl Systems

  Sep 1975 - Present

  ASTL Systems is an integrated systems consulting firm specializing in emergent technology problem-solving and new systems initiation. Rick Lewis is the principal software engineer and chief consultant for the firm, which he founded in 1975 while a university freshman. ASTL has consulted for every major hardware and software vendor in the United States with special emphasis on software development and system bring-up. Rick's core experience and value lies in software architectures designed for test and testing. His engineering talents are especially unique because they transcend hardware, software and integrated systems. Senior managers prize Mr. Lewis' exclusive ability to fluently speak the language of business and exceed even the most challenging project demands.For details on past projects and skills, please see the CV and Addendum posted on Mr. Lewis' profile.